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Alleged founder and chief administrator of notorious international cyber criminal trading platform RaidForums arrested in United Kingdom, according to the FBI.

Diogo Santos Coelho, 21 of Portugal, was arrested in January at the request of American law enforcement agencies who are seeking his extradition.

Europol said two of Coelho’s accomplices were also was arrested. One of it was still 21-year-old, established in Croydon, south London.

RaidForums – which worked on Open web and not in the darknet – “served as the main online market for faces to buy and sell hacked or stolen databases” according to the USA.

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The RaidForums domain has been hijacked international law enforcement operation

The US took over three domains used by the site and replaced them with banner informing users of capture.

Several independent investigations criminal site – including of The United States, Great Britain, Sweden, Portugal and Romania were coordinated under the name Operation Tourniquet.

What is Raid Forums?

According to the U.S. affidavit and indictment, RaidForums was used “to for sale hundreds of Database of stolen data containing more than 10 billion unique records.”

“At that time of its foundation in 2015, RaidForums also acts like online location for organization and supporting forms of electronic harassment,” the department said. of Justice.

These harassment campaigns included “raids,” which the FBI described as “publishing or sending massive amounts of information.” of contact with the victim online means of communication”.

In addition to raids, users also coordinated “slapping” incidents, described as ” practice of manufacturing false reports to public safety agencies of situations that would require a significant and immediate armed law enforcement response” – practice which led to death.

FBI confirmed attack and said the situation is ongoing
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FBI received back-end database for in criminal website as part of his investigation

How are they catch his?

use of anonymization technologies can make it hard for law enforcement to investigate cyber crime forums.

However, court documents show that the FBI “obtained a copy of of in back-end database for RaidForums” in this is an investigation.

This database showed account registration information IP address, login details and private messages between members and administrators, allowing agents to harass site administrators.

“Our interagency efforts to dismantle this complex online platform, which contributed to a wide range of criminal Events – should come as a relief millions became its victims,” said US Attorney Jessica Haber. for Eastern District of Virginia.

The operation was described as warning these cybercriminals who participated in these types of nefarious activities”, Ms. Aber, who added: “Online anonymity failed to protect the defendant in this case is from prosecution and it will not protect others online also criminals.

In a separate case also associated with RaidForums, the UK’s National Crime Agency arrested “21 year- the old one from Croydon… in his home in March” who has since been released under investigation.

That nameless 21-year-old “is suspected of being an administrator on in website”and the officers” confiscated £5,000. in cash thousand in US dollars and freeze on crypto assets worth more how half million dollars” at that time of his arrest.

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